Regulated rate option price cap

Regulated rate option price cap

Electricity price cap information and reference rates

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The Alberta government has implemented a four-year cap on power prices. The price cap ensures Albertans on the regulated rate option (RRO), rural electrification associations (REAs) and those in Medicine Hat (where residential customers are billed on Medicine Hat specific rates) will pay no more than 6.8 cents per kilowatt hour for electricity from June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2021. For RRO providers regulated by the AUC, if their rate exceeds the cap, the government will pay the provider the difference between the actual price and the cap for each kWh of electricity consumed by their price cap eligible customers. For RRO providers not regulated by the AUC, REAs and the City of Medicine Hat, if their rate exceeds the cap, the government will pay the provider the difference between the lower of the actual price or the reference rate, and the cap for each kWh of electricity consumed by their price cap eligible customers. The price cap applies only to the energy portion of a bill. Distribution and transmission charges are not covered by the cap.

Reference rates

The government has determined it will compensate rural electrification associations, other RRO providers not regulated by the Alberta Utilities Commission and the City of Medicine Hat for amounts not collected from customers due to the rate cap. The applicable reference rates are available below.

Rural electrification associations and other regulated rate option providers not regulated by the AUC

Reference rate is the average of the AUC regulated residential regulated rate option rates, plus 10 per cent.

​Month

​Reference rate

​December 2018

8.344 cents/kWh​

​November 2018

​7.024 cents/kWh

​October 2018

​7.283 cents/kWh

​September 2018

​8.855 cents/kWh

​August 2018

​9.525 cents/kWh

​July 2018

​8.766 cents/kWh

​June 2018

​6.375 cents/kWh

​May 2018

​6.038 cents/kWh

​April 2018

​​9.030 cents/kWh

​March 2018

​5.166 cents/kWh

​February 2018

​5.367 cents/kWh

​January 2018

​5.426 cents/kWh

​December 2017

​​4.270 cents/kWh

​November 2017

​3.831 cents/kWh

​October 2017

​4.008 cents/kWh

​September 2017

​​3.926 cents/kWh

​August 2017

​4.286 cents/kWh

​July 2017

​​4.211 cents/kWh

​June 2017

​3.421 cents/kWh

Medicine Hat

Reference rate is the average of the AUC regulated residential RRO rates.

​Month

​Reference rate

​December 2018

7.585 cents/kWh​

​November 2018

​6.385 cents/kWh

​October 2018

​6.621 cents/kWh

​September 2018

​8.050 cents/kWh

​August 2018

​8.660 cents/kWh

​July 2018

​7.969 cents/kWh

​June 2018

​5.795 cents/kWh

​May 2018

​5.489 cents/kWh

​April 2018

​​8.210 cents/kWh

​March 2018

​​4.697 cents/kWh

​February 2018

​4.879 cents/kWh

​January 2018

​4.933 cents/kWh

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